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Four-time winner of the Georgia Press Association's Best Humor Column

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Feb. 1, 2010: Leave It To Skeeter Skates to Put Things in Perspective

February 1, 2010 by webmaster Leave a Comment

LEAVE IT TO SKEETER SKATES TO PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE Whenever this world starts looking too complicated, I call my friend Skeeter Skates, owner of Skeeter’s Tree Stump Removal and Plow Repair in Greater Metropolitan Pooler. Skeeter has a wonderful way of putting things into perspective. “Hoss, this is going to have to be a quick conversation,” he said, “I am right in the … [Read more...] about Feb. 1, 2010: Leave It To Skeeter Skates to Put Things in Perspective

Jan. 25, 2010: What State Politicians Need is a Good Old-fashioned Tea Party

January 25, 2010 by webmaster Leave a Comment

What this state needs is a good old-fashioned Tea Party. Not one directed at the liberal weenies in Washington who tried to ram health care reform down our throats. This protest needs to focus on the State of Georgia. Our governor and members of the General Assembly continue to remind us that state revenues are dropping precipitously and budgets must be cut. Among those … [Read more...] about Jan. 25, 2010: What State Politicians Need is a Good Old-fashioned Tea Party

Jan. 23, 2010: Grandson Has Good Role Models Who Make a Difference

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One of my favorite things in the whole wide world is my regular telephone conversations with grandson, Brian. He is just getting his feet wet in the business world and is trying to adequately provide for a wife and child during these fragile economic times. He is finding that it isn’t as easy as it looks in the movies. Somewhere along the way Brian has discerned that his … [Read more...] about Jan. 23, 2010: Grandson Has Good Role Models Who Make a Difference

Jan. 18, 2010: Legislature Start A Reminder That There Are Some Things That Even A Goat Won’t Do

January 18, 2010 by webmaster Leave a Comment

Let’s cut our legislators a little slack before they begin their deliberations in the current session of the General Assembly. They need some time to get adjusted. You don’t just go to Atlanta and start passing laws. The first thing you do is find out if anybody moved the bathrooms while you were gone because you might just find yourself in some bureaucrat’s new digs for all … [Read more...] about Jan. 18, 2010: Legislature Start A Reminder That There Are Some Things That Even A Goat Won’t Do

Jan. 11, 2010: Move Over Humprey and Seth John — Here Comes Sonny

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MOVE OVER HUMPHREY AND SETH JOHN – HERE COMES SONNY I read where Gov. Sonny Perdue held a pep rally at the Capitol for state agency heads, state employees and assorted bass fishermen to fire up the troops as he prepares for the last year of what has been a scintillating two terms as our leader. Although he won’t admit it, sources tell me that the governor is concerned about … [Read more...] about Jan. 11, 2010: Move Over Humprey and Seth John — Here Comes Sonny

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State Sen.Steve Gooch, R-Dahlonega, has announced he is running for lieutenant governor.  Gooch is the guy who said that approving permits to strip-mine the Okefenokee for titanium dioxide to manufacture, among other things, toothpaste whitener is not a legislative matter.  It is up to the bureaucrats to decide. This, despite overwhelming opposition from Georgians across the state.  File that away and remember it when it comes time to vote.  I know I will. … [Read More...] about A long memory

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Yarbrough received over 1,000 email responses last year – both positive and negative. Though most of the emails he receives support his viewpoints, one thing is for sure: Dick Yarbrough’s column speaks to people and they respond. Here is a sampling of email responses Yarbrough has received in the past:

  • Thanks for writing what we all are thinking.
  • I am annoyed by anybody who presumes to know what Georgians think.  And that, sir, includes you.

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Dick's NEW Edition of his popular book 'And They Call Them Games' -- a look back at the 1996 Olympics Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the Olympic games in Atlanta, Dick's book has been re-released and is available now on Amazon.  If you're a fan of Dick, or the Olympics -- or both! -- you won't want to miss this! > Follow this link to order.   February 2020:  Grady-Yarbrough Fellows Announced for Spring 2020 Athens, Ga. … Read more... about News

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